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Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children in Brazil DOMESTIC SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN IN BRAZIL NATASHA DOLBY RESEARCH FELLOW Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children in Brazil Natasha Dolby, Research Fellow July 2018 1 LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................. 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 5 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL ................................................................................................................................................... 9 DETERMINANTS OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IN BRAZIL ........................................................................................................ 12 Extreme economic disparities and lack of social mobility .................................................................................. 13 Deep-rooted historical racism ............................................................................................................................ 13 Cultural norms that sexualize girls ..................................................................................................................... 14 Cultural norms that accept violence against women ......................................................................................... 15 Technology as an enabler .................................................................................................................................. 15 Lack of trust in the justice system, corruption, and a culture of impunity ......................................................... 16 LEGAL FRAMEWORKS TO ADDRESS CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING .............................................................................. 18 INTERNATIONAL LAW ................................................................................................................................................... 18 NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Domestic Laws protecting Children ................................................................................................................... 21 Children Guardianship Councils ......................................................................................................................... 22 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING ............................ 24 CHILDREN GUARDIANSHIP COUNCILS ............................................................................................................................... 24 CONTRADICTING DEFINITIONS OF TRAFFICKING .................................................................................................................. 26 LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................................. 27 GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF SERVICES .............................................................................................................................. 27 LACK OF RELIABLE DATA ................................................................................................................................................ 28 ADDRESSING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING ........................................................... 29 ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES) ..................................................................................................................... 30 ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES WITH ALTERNATIVE TOOLS ............................................................................... 33 DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY: MENINA DANÇA ................................................................................................................ 34 RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 36 2 List of Acronyms ACE – Adverse Childhood Experiences ANCED – Associação Nacional dos Centros de Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente (National Association of the Centers for the Defense of Children and Adolescents) BR-116 – One of the most important and longest Federal highways of Brazil (4,385 kilometers long) CECRIA – Centro de Referência, Estudos e Ações sobre Crianças e Adolescentes (Children and Adolescent Reference, Studies, and Action Center) CGCs – Conselhos Tutelares (Children Guardianship Councils) CPI – Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (Parliamentary Investigative Commission) CONANDA- Conselho Nacional dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (National Council of the Rights of Children and Adolescents) CONATRAE- Comissão Nacional para a Erradicação do Trabalho Escravo (National Commission for the Eradication of Slave Labor) CONATRAP – Comitê Nacional de Enfrentamento ao Tráfico de Pessoas (National Committee Against Trafficking in Persons) CSEC –Exploração Sexual Comercial de Adolescentes, ESCA (Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children) DCI – Defense for Children International DMT – Dance Movement Therapy ECA- Estatuto da Criança e Do Adolescente (Stature of the Child and Adolescent) ESCA – Exploração Sexual Comercial de Adolescentes (Comercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, CSEC) ECPAT – End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism (1990 campaign), but the acronyms is not longer used. Organization is now a growing network of 101 civil society organizations in 92 countries working to research and better understand this heinous crime; tackle the online sexual exploitation of children; end the trafficking of children for sexual purposes and the 3 forced and early marriage of children; and bring a halt to the sexual exploitation of children through the travel and tourism industry. FIFA – Fédération Internationale de Football Association (World Soccer Association) FNDCA – Fórum Nacional dos Direitos da Criança e do Adolescente (National Forum for the Rights of Children and Adolescents) FNPETI – Fórum Nacional de Prevenção e Erradicação do Trabalho Infantil (National Forum for the Prevention and Eradication of Child Labor) GBD – Global Burden of Disease GDP – Gross Domestic Product GSHS – Global Schools-based Student Health Survey ICAST – International Child Abuse Screening Tool ILO – International Labor Organization IOM – International Office for Migration ISPCAN – International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect NGO – Non-Governmental Organization PNET – Plano Nacional de Erradicação do Trabalho Escravo (National Plan for the Eradication of Slave Labor) PNUD – United Nations Development Programme SIPIA– Sistema de Informação Para Infância e Adolescência (Child and Adolescent Information System) SUS – Sistema Único de Saúde (Universal Health Care System) TIP – Trafficking in Person TIP Report- US Department of State’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report TVPA – Trafficking Victims Protection Act (USA) UN – United Nations UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime WHO – World Health Organization 4 Executive Summary The trafficking of children1 for sexual exploitation in Brazil is both devastating to their health and well-being, and a gross violation of their human rights. Fueled by a mix of power inequality, extreme economic insecurity, corruption, and regressive social norms, child sex trafficking has flourished in Brazil.2 3 This report presents the findings of a mixed methods study on trafficking of children for sexual purposes in Brazil. Although Brazil ratified the United Nations Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children (The Palermo Protocol) and made many other advances in the legal protection of children’s rights in Brazil, including alignment of the penal code with the Protocol, implementation remains extremely weak.4 Confusion persists around the roles and responsibilities of different agencies and between policies that address slave labor versus those that address trafficking in persons. Due to incongruity between international commitments and domestic legislation implementation, the vast majority of child victims5 of sex trafficking are often referred to as “child prostitutes.” This stigmatizing labeling leaves them invisible and/or condemned by the general public and, more importantly, overlooked by officials and support providers who should be legally obliged to identify and assist them. Falling through the policy cracks, survivors do not have avenues out of these abusive circumstances. For those who do manage to leave, few ever receive the assistance they need, especially the appropriate mental health support. 1 “Children” is this report refers to the United Nations guidelines stating that anyone under 18 is considered a child. 2 There isn’t just one narrative on domestic sex trafficking of girls and boys in Brazil. Specifically, there are varying perspectives on the role of children’s agency versus victimhood in their circumstances. Dialogue on trafficking has moved beyond the binary notion of free versus not free and now highlights extraordinary economic fragility of family structures in the context of poverty and emphasizes gender disparities, particularly the limited
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